Courses Taught

TESL 539 Language Acquisition and Learning
TESL 546 Teaching English as a Second Language
TESL 507 Teaching Reading and Writing to ESL Students
TESL 551 Curriculum Development and Language Assessment in ESL
TESL 553 Internship in English as a Second Language
BLBC 516 Methods and Materials in Bilingual Education

Professional Interests

Language and Literacy Development for English Language Learners (ELLs)Curriculum Design and Development for ELLsAssessment of ELLsDual Language Program DevelopmentDual Language Curriculum and Instruction

Research Interests

Curriculum Development and Implementation

Acculturation of ELLs

Current Research Projects

Providing Support in the Development and Pilot Testing of Four Interdisciplinary Units in Four NYC High Schools with Significant Concentration of Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling (SIFE); with funding from the NY Community Trust and the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society, the CUNY Graduate Center, NY

Cloud, N, Including children who are culturally and linguistically diverse. In D. Schwartz (Ed.) Including children with special needs: A handbook for educators and parents. Westport, CT: Greenwood. http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3377.aspx

Recent Statewide and National Presentations

45th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit, A model of a Successful Teen Center, presented on the RI College Community-based Preteen Writing Project, March 18, New Orleans, LA. (together with Ruth Weinstein and Virginia Jama)

Featured Speaker, 25th Iowa Culture and Language Conference, November 1, 2010, on the topic of "Research-Based Literacy Practices for English language Learners", Coralville, Iowa. Full Day Pre-Conference Institute.

K-12 Dream Day Invited Preconvention Institute Presenter, Academic Language and Literacy Strand, Literacy for ELLs: 7 Essential Research-Based practices (March 24), Promises and Challenges of RTI for ELLs; A TESOL/CEC Colloquium (of which I was one of 4 presenters along with Alba Ortiz, Alfredo Artiles, Catherine Collier), TESOL 44th Annual Convention, March 24-27, 2010, Boston, MA. I also was a Team Leader for the Conference with Andres Ramirez and our role was to organize the volunteers for all the Pre- and Post-Convention Institutes.